Virtual Actors in Augmented Reality Stories

With Storyfab, all the world’s a stage. Usingthis augmented reality (AR) app, students can transform their classroom, schoolyard, or backyard into a movie set. They can customize virtual actors, enhance their set with props, and add special effects. They can then shoot the scenes, adding dialogue if they wish. Students become the producer, director, writer, and costume designer, and can even join the cast as an actor. Once they’ve created their movie, students can save the video to their camera roll and share it with friends on social media. Created by Spooklight SA for iOS, the app can be downloaded free of charge from the iTunes App Store.

Imagine watching a giraffe towering over a computer keyboard or a horse galloping on top of a newspaper. ZooKazam, an augmented reality (AR) app for iOS and Android, includes more than 40 holographic animals—from the esteemed bald eagle to the mysterious Tyrannosaurus rex—along with information about them.

Orb, a new ARKit app for iOS by Pantheon, uses augmented reality to develop makerskills. Students young and old can design and build entire worlds in a matter of minutes by transforming simple shapes into 3D objects.